Author Guidelines

Type of paper

Jurnal Natural Product Chemistry bulletin welcomes full research papers, review articles (invitation only) and short communications from the chemist expert of interested area.  Full research papers should be submitted in general about 3000-5000 words (12 printed pages) including figures and tables. A short communication should not exceed 2000 words (4 printed pages) with maximum 3 figures or tables.

Open Access journal

Natural Product Chemistry Bulletin is free to access and read on the website/Internet. The publisher guarantees that no reader will ever have to buy a subscription or pay-per-view fees to access the articles published in this journal.

Author statement letter

An author should make the statement letter for originality. The statement letter application can be DOWNLOAD HERE.

Article preparation

Article should be prepare using common word processor software (e.g. Microsoft-Word ®), prepared in Indonesian or English language, type single column in Times New Roman font with size of 12, space of 1.5, page size of A4, left and top margins of 3 cm, right and bottom margin of 2.5 cm.

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Article structure

Article main heading should use bold font with Arabic numbering (example 1. Introduction, 2. Materal and Methods, 3. Results and Discussion, etc.). The sub heading should use normal font, with numbering of 1,2, and 3.

Title

Title information including:

1. Article title (maximum of 20 words), write both in English and Indonesian (for Indonesian author only).
2. The title of the paper should be concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formula where possible. It should be written clearly and concisely describing the contents of the research.
3. Author name and affiliation, mark with superscript numbering 1,2, etc. of different author affiliations.
4. Corresponding author, mark with superscript asterisk “*”, this would be used to mark the email address of the corresponding author, above the all author affiliation.

Abstract

Abstract should state briefly introduction and purpose of the research, methodology, main result and major conclusions. However the abstract should be written as a single paragraph without these headers. Abstract must be written should not more than 250 words, write both in English and Indonesian (for Indonesian author only).

Keywords

Provide 3-5 word, alphabetically ordered, using the same language as abstract. Avoid using multiple concept and plural term (e.d. ‘and’, ‘of’). These keywords will be used for indexing process.

Introduction

State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. Explain how you addressed the problem and clearly state the aims of your study. As you compose the introduction, think of readers who are not experts in this field.

Material and methods

Provide sufficient material and instrumentation mainly used in the work. Provide detail of the research method to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described.

Results and Discussion

Result and discussion must be written in the same part. They should be presented continuously start from the main result to the supporting results and equipped with a discussion. Unit of measurement used should follow the prevailing international system.

Conclusions

Conclusion should be explained clearly. Suggestion placed after conclusion contains a recommendation on the research done or an input that can be used directly by consumer.

Acknowledgement

Supporting grant, collaboration or institution can be placed in this section.

Appendices / Supplementary data

Only necessary data can be included in the appendices (print version). Supporting data / information for online publication can be submitted in separate file of the manuscript.

Math formulae

Present simple formulae in the line of normal text where possible and use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., X/Y. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp.

Figure

Figure artwork (digital photograph, chromatogram, scheme) should be clear with minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Artwork or scheme prepared using Ms Word, Ms Excel or Ms Powerpoint should be saved as tiff or JPG to avoid miss layout. Please put the figures inside the manuscript according to the related text, do not place the figures separately in the last of the manuscript.

Figure caption

Ensure each figure has a caption, place below the figure, center alignment, sentence case and avoid to use the uncommon abbreviation. Use the bold font of the figure caption (e.g Figure 1).

Table

Use horizontal border on the table header and last line, without vertical border. Place the table caption above the table. Footnote (if necessary) should be place below the table, with smaller font size of the table font.

References

Type

The references used should be minimum of 80% journal article and also minimum of 80% up to date reference (maximum of 10 years).

Style

The reference style used according to the APA (American Psychological Association) 6th edition. It is highly recommended to use the reference manager to organize the references such as Zotero, Mendeley or Endnote.

List of references

Book

Koolman, J., & Röhm, K. H. (2005). Color atlas of biochemistry. Stuttgart; New York: Thieme.

 

Journal Article

Fatoni, A., Numnuam, A., Kanatharana, P., Limbut, W., Thammakhet, C., & Thavarungkul, P. (2013). A highly stable oxygen-independent glucose biosensor based on a chitosan-albumin cryogel incorporated with carbon nanotubes and ferrocene. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 185, 725-734.

Conference Proceeding

Fatoni, A., Dwiasi, D. W., & Hermawan, D. (2016). Alginate cryogel based glucose biosensor. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 107, No. 1, p. 012010). IOP Publishing.